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Hey guys, will be sitting my IB mock examinations next week, I was just wondering what to expect. Personally I feel as though I could have done more revision but i had project week and easter holidays right after so I havn't had allot of time, i've probably had a weeks worth of good revision, would that be enough? It's not necessary that I achieve 7's or even 6's but hitting an average of a 5 would be good enough, i just hope its enough with the ammount of revision i've done (keep in mind these are just the mocks) And secondly, how important are these mock exams exactly, some people say they're meaningless practice, others say they're incredibly important and basically …
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hey everyone...what subject areas should one do for the last commentary...eg. international trade, development, micro, etc. & what kind of articles should one look for? Any ideas or suggestions about the last commentary would be appreciated. Thx
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[url="http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/victoriapark/economics/test_yourself.htm"]http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/victoriapark/eco...st_yourself.htm[/url] I like this site.
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so i'm doing my final economics commentary on macro economics; cyclical unemployment, aggregate supply and demand, etc my article is about how Michelin Tire has recently laid off some workers due to “unprecedented deterioration in market conditions.” any ideas what else i could talk about in my commentary to make up my word count? thanks : )
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I spent over 2 hours today trying to draw a graph on One Note showing the effect of subsidies on bread prices. Needless to say, I'm frustrated because I can't shade in areas of the graph, I have to draw my own dotted lines, the lines don't move everywhere I want them to since they appear to have fixed places that they move to and after some time some lines won't copy again so I have to redraw every single line 6 times in a different place. Also, why does One Note only have the "Save as" button and not "Save"? Has anyone done their graphs using One Note, and if so, is there a way around these problems? Or can they suggest another graphing program? The "Help" button is use…
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I'm doing on aggregate demand and unemployment in a recession. Any tips on what I can evaluate on? Just points, I don't need full answers or anything (that would be cheating^^ Thanks:D
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Currently, my school is using an A-Level textbook which is not completely relevent to the IB syllabus. I bought the revision guide published by the Oxford Study Courses. The notes within it is pretty good, but it usually skips some sub-modules. I tried to write notes for myself, but I always don't have significant amount of materials. Are there useful business books or notes on the web relevent to the IB syllabus?? I really need them for my study sessions~!
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hey. Ive asked my teacher for this and well, for some reason hes never got that far to give it. Thus i figure that you guys would know. thanks ahead of time
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Today we noticed a typo in the IB Economics Course Companion! on page 60 (PES) the first equation states the answer [b]-10%[/b] and the text above it states [b]+10%[/b] (+ is right btw) I was just wondering if you guys noticed.
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Unfortunately I am not VIP, but i do desperately need some help with Econ essay writing. I'm an Econ higher yr 2, and up until the start of this year i was going the 7 way. This year all of a sudden a I'm 5-6. My teacher says i don't know how to answer IB questions, but he's not giving me any useful advice. So my question is, can any anyone describe the form? What do you stress? What do you define? How actively do you use graphs and how much breadth does an essay answer (IB 10 and 15 mark) need? Advice and links are appreciated, thanks.
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BAM I.A's you either love them or hate them. This really can depend on the difficulty of your topic. What is your BAM IA topic? Mine is : Should Scoobydoo Ltd. continue to manufacture overseas or should they manufacture in New Zealand? I will be looking at price and quality. *Scoobydoo Ltd. is a fictional name to ensure the privacy of the company I am researching. :eak:
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Ok so i read in the IA thing that: What time period should the extract cover? Extracts should be contemporaneous with the course, but they may include material collected up to six months prior to the start of the last year of the course. It is helpful to encourage students to collect extracts for their commentaries throughout the course. Students may then use these extracts at any time to write their commentaries. Students will not be penalized if the date they write a commentary is different from the date of the extract, that is, the date the extract was published does not have to match the date on which the student chooses to write the commentary (provided it is contemp…
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i am doing my economics commentaries, and have chosen the sections of the syllabus i want to focus on, the only problem is that i hv no idea wat the format. can any1 help me find a link where i can find sample commentaries
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heya guys... i ve got a question. I read through the internal assesment criteria and it said that u just have to focus on 3 sections of economics. Hence i wrote my essays about macroeconomics , microeconomis and international economics. My topics were: law of demand etc; externalities; inflation; and protectionism. Now my teacher said i have also to write a commentary about developing economics. Do u guys now whether thats right. would be nice if u reply asap. THX yaz
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I'm writing this because of my EE, but I thought it was more appropriate to write this topic here with it being about Economics and all Does anybody know a good, reliable site with economics definitions and such that I could possibly quote on my EE (and other stuff like commentaries or my homework as well, if necessary at all)? Not including Wikipedia, of course. I've been scared to quote any internet sites at all because I wasn't sure if they could be seen as reliable (by the markers), so I've been quoting my textbook only But my TB doesn't have definitions of some words that I wanna use, and I don't really wanna be seen as being a lazy bum, without doing enough…
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I don't know did any one post this before, below is a link for economics formulae and definition, hope that helps [url="http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/17.html"]http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/17.html[/url] [url="http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/18.html"]http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/18.html[/url]
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Yo guys im really stuck ...i handed in my final economics comentary in december, but my teacher said it was about the wrong topic in relation to the article, so now i have to write a new MICROECONOMIC topic for TOMORROW!!!!! God i cant find a decent microeconomic article...maybe someone can help me use a microeconomic article and maybe tell me under wat section it is... thanks a lot that would be nice
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Hi, does anyone have a SWOT analysis ready for les maisonnettes? or at least some vague points.. thx
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porter notes..
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Hey, umm where can you find relevant articles to use for your Internal Assessment Commentary ?
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Hey everyone. Firstly, I want to mention how delighted I was to come across a site such as this one. I have a question regarding my Economics IA. Can the generic drug market be considered an oligopoly? Please reply guys, and I look forward to sharing our IB problems with each other.
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Well, I got my article and all the concepts I want to cover. Content-wise, I'm pretty much covered. I'm just really confused on how to [i]start[/i] the paper, and then how to [i]end[/i] it. Do you guys have any structure you would reccommend for writing the commentary? (It's for my internal assessment!) Any help would be appreciated.
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Hi im doing BM @ sl and currently struggling to do my ia does anyone hav sample model ias so that i can view e structure? cuz i hav no idea how to format my ia thanks alot
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hi...i m gettin started on mi internals...i need some samples...can som1 plz send me som good ones
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I am sitting for The Ib next week and I find extremly difficult studying for economics HL. Please help me I really want to pass my IB`s becuase If I get a 30 I enter directly to university. Juampi
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So i was wondering what is the best way to self study business and what sort of notes to take on the material because there is quite a lot of information
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Hey we just got our case study and i was hoping we could discuss it and share our predicted question.. Teachers are smart but they are in the end humans they can only think to a certain extent, but if we discussed the expected question and shared them then there is a chance that we would actually get some questions that are on the test. SO ... let't go
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For all you May 2008 candidates who have done your portfolios...what marks did you get? were you even told what you got? Kind of want to compare my classes marks to others to be honest, because our economics class has been a shambles from day 1. It's the first year our school did it, teachers have been coming and going, they don't really know what they're doing etc.
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Please, can someone guide on where to begin as this is my first assignment. I have the article, I have been given relevant topics to relate it to. But don't know how to begin and how to structure the whole analysis.
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Was wondering if there was an easy way of incorporating evaluation into my analysis of issues like policies of inflation. help pls if u can.
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I am using business and management as my subject for my extended essay, so I know the structure for it. But can I use the same structure for my Business and Management Internal Assessment?
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Whats the differnce between Deflation and disinflation? the teachers been trying to teach me but idont get it, thanks for trying to help out
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I have my first econ internal assessment, but I cannot work out how to start, or how it should be formatted... I have yet to see an example of one, so I have no idea of what to do, except that I need to include definition, diagrams, and an evaluation. I have an article, but how do I start!?!
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Hey there! I really love History, but correntrly chose Business, and I was wondering if i really need B&M to continue in studying economy,finance or business associated courses... Is there a way of perhaps switching the useless Biology with History?? please tell me how. Do you actually need the subject? Cause I rather change it to History. This question is most relevant to the people who are already in the uni. Subjects HL: Eco,B&M,English(A1),Russian(A1) Subjects SL: Biology,Math
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“Perfect Competition is a more desirable market form than monopolistic competition”. Discuss. i've written something .. but i seem to be stuck.. *sigh* help, anybody? ta, B
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hey could you help me with the basics of how to wright an IA for busiess management ? av js joined IB in 12th and havea first draftr comming up in 2 days ! thanx
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Does anybody have the syllabus for the 2007 programme for economics HL? Because in "IB Syllabi" i can only find the one from 2003 would be great if someone could send it to me. Also, I saw that there's an Oxford study guide for economics, which hasnt been published yet. Does anyone know when it'll be published? Thanks very much!!
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Hey, Does anyone know where i can find worked examples of economic HL essays that got perfect or 7 scores? I am talking about paper 1 and 2 (and evaluation for 3) where style and structure and even language can make a difference to your grade. Take my class for example, we have 20 people in it with the exact same teaching and lets assume exact same knowledge/revision. When given a practise test we write the same amount. The only difference between individuals is the WAY they write they write the essays. And the mark each person gets can still vary from 4 to 7 I've complied a small mental checklist of what i have to do in the 10 mark questions, it goes something …
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Economics IA Structure?
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Hey, I've been trying to write my first economics commentary and I have already found an article. It is on the rising prices of food.. I would link to it, but the article has now been blocked unless you subscribe. I have a scanned pdf of it that I can post should you really need to see it. Basically it begins by discussing how the use of grains for the production of ethanol has further depleted a low supply already that has already been disrupted by several other factors. I've recognized the concepts (there is more to it then what i just said) and now what I really need help with is how to structure the commentary. Thanks in advance.
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Economics Graph Help!
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So I'm doing my IA on microeconomics.. and I was wondering if you can move both the supply and demand curves at the same time? My understanding is that you can't but in the example that the IBO gives out (the one that was awarded full marks) the person moved both.
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I heard that Business studies is considered a "soft" subject by the top univesities in the US. Since my school doesn't offer economics, does studying business put me at a disadvantage over other students who take harder subjects like history or psychology? Is it a big factor in admissions???
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Aight, i have to give in my eco portfolio..the thing is, i have one commentary on module 2&4, one on module 3 and one on module 4.. i was wondering if, for my fourth commentary, i can take one from module 2 because if i do that then i will still be using stuff from three modules, or do i have to take my last one form module 5? please reply asap, i gotta submit this real soon..
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Hi all, I'm doing IB for the Nov 2008 exam session, and am currently in the process of doing my Business IA. I'm quite in the dark about the requirement for the Research Question. I would greatly value your opinion and advice on the viability as well as how to improve this research question: [b]What are the probable methods of recruitment to help [Company Name] overcome its difficulties in recruiting new staffs that have been hindering its growth?[/b] By the way, I'm doing Business & Management at Standard Level. Thanks in advance.
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anyone...help!!! i need help doing my internal assesmnet i am lost and need some tutoring to walk me through doin this....anyone someone...HELP!!!!
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I need to do a commentary on the development unit. I am having a little trouble finding a good topic/article to write it on. Any suggestions?
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"Economics in your life" is a nesletter which could help you to understand global economics and prepare for economics ib exam. It is created by students from Lithuania, Siauliai Didzdvaris IB school and the teacher Jerome Nugent-Smith. To download that economics newsletter follow this link: [url="http://www.ecoinyourlife.lt/en.html"]http://www.ecoinyourlife.lt/en.html[/url]
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hmm...im doing business,and candidate for may 09 exam... anyone have a clear format about the examination format, and as well as the new ia..?
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Hey. Yesterday, I took a quick look at the Economics book that we use in our school. The text seems relatively easy and straightforward, but some of the graphs seem kind of complicated. I've talked to some Economics students and they say that the graphs are relatively easy to remember and understand. So, now I'd like to ask you people in this forum what you think about the graphs in Economics?! Maybe they just seem difficult to me because I don't know the basic concepts behind them??
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How do these courses differ in terms of learning? I mean, is there a lot of theories in Economics and more practical stuff in Business & Management. My school does not offer B&M, but I've chosen Econ HL!
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Hello! I've written the same post on TSR but no replies, so if anyone would be kind to help here pls do ! I need to write two commentaries very soon, and our teacher is really bad so I cannot get any advice/comments. I've found the articles to write about.. 1. Microeconomics "Majestic warns of champagne price rise" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/mai...champers10.xml and 2. Trade (currency) "Get your holiday euros now because the pound is about to be grounded" http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...lingrate/print 1. For this article on wine, I decided to talk about the elasticities of supply & demand, and show how the supply decreases due to the rice in price of ch…
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